Husbands low sperm

[ajc1994]

Hi all,

just looking for some advice/support really. My husband and I have been ttc 8 months for no2 after getting pregnant very quickly with our first 5 years ago. We had some fertility tests done as we thought I may have endometriosis. I was all clear however his sperm sample came back with very high viscosity (thick) motility 1% and low volume and told IVF ICSI is our way of getting pregnant. We are shocked to say the least, he has never drunk or smoked is healthy weight and lifestyle. Only thing that’s changed in these past 5 years is he has had gout and takes 100mg of allopurinol daily. So he will come off this and manage gout without his dieting to see if it makes a difference but I don’t think there’s much evidence to say this can make you infertile. He was ill with the flu over Xmas for a week and the sample was taken 5 weeks later. We are just so shocked how things could change so much in 5 years, he is 44 currently and I’m 31. He has to redo the sample in 2 months to see if it’s the same as he’d never had a sample tested before this.

my question is has anyone else experienced this or similar? Can he get his count/motility up by much? The drs won’t test for any infection or underlying cause unless he has pain and symptoms, he’s never had an injury or anything like this,

thanks x

Hi - I am in a similar situation. Conceived DS easily and now 9 months into trying for number 2 (had an MC at 10 weeks in Dec). My DH (who is only 31) had ok motility but low count (8mil) and 2% morphology. We are same as it's being tested again in about 6 weeks and he also had a bad stomach bug in January.

One thing the doctor recommended for us in case it's helpful for you is Proxeed. It's a sachet that you take morning and evening. Supposedly this can help!

Otherwise he's said he'd recommend us doing IUI after the repeat test, so this would be about April/May and then ISCI but I think to be honest we might bypass the IUI and go straight to IVF as success rates are better and we're quite impatient and ideally don't want too big an age gap (although I know there are no guarantees etc).

Good luck!

Thanks for your response and nice to meet someone in a similar situation. Please keep me updated how your husbands second sample goes, I’ll look into that Proxeed.

I agree and think the same for us that IUI should be bypassed, my dr even said it’s not worth doing for us given his levels. I’m just shocked it’s changed so much with no really reason or cause that we know of. Let’s hope the fact they were both ill could effected results at the time.

wishing you luck!